Integrated services hub self speed detection

A telecommunications hub comprising:

• a processor for controlling hub operations, including generation of absolute time reference signals;
• a reference clock having a known clock frequency;
• a processor clock having an unknown clock frequency;
• a first counter for counting cycles of the reference clock during a time period,
• a second counter for counting cycles of the processor clock during the time period;
• means for dividing the number of processor clock cycles counted by the number of reference clock cycles counted and multiplying the result by the frequency of the reference clock to produce a calculated processor clock frequency.

A telecommunications hub comprising;

• a processor having an unknown clock frequency;
• software for generating absolute timing signals based on the processor clock frequency;
• a reference clock having a known frequency;
• and,
• measuring means for using the reference clock to determine the processor frequency.